Old John went to see a doctor．The doctor examined him（检查）and said，“Medicine（药）can’t help you．You mus

Old John went to see a doctor．The doctor examined him（检查）and said，“Medicine（药）can’t help you．You must have a good rest．Go to a quiet place for a month，go to bed early，drink some milk，walk a lot and smoke one cigar（雪茄烟）a day．”

“Thank you very much，”said Old John，“I want to do everything you say．”

A month later old John came to the doctor again．“Well，”said the doctor，“I’m glad to see you．You look much younger．”

“Oh，Doctor，”said Old John，“I feel quite well now．I had a good rest．I went to bed early，I drank a lot of milk，and I walked a lot．Your advice（建议）certainly helped me．But you asked me to smoke one cigar a day，and the one cigar a day nearly killed me at first．It’s no joke to start smoking at my age．”

【1】The doctor________．

A．asked him to take some medicine

B．asked him not to take any medicine

C．didn’t say any word about medicine

D．gave him some medicine

【2】Old John________after a month．

A．didn’t get well

B．got well

C．was young

D．was old

【3】Which One is true？

A．Old John didn’t smoke before．

B．Old John smoked before．

C．Old John didn’t smoke a cigar a day．

D．Old John wanted to smoke．

【4】When Old John was ill，he looked________．

A．young

B．old

C．younger

D．older

【5】The best title（题目）of this passage should（应该）be“________”．

A．Old John

B．Old John Is Ill

C．The Doctor’s Advice

D．Old John Did as the Doctor Asked Him

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

【1】由句子Medicine can’t help you．可知，医生告诉他不用服药。

【2】由句子I feel quite well now．可知，一个月之后，老约翰（病情）好转了。

【3】由句子and the one cigar a day nearly killed me at first…可以判断，老约翰以前不吸烟。

【4】由句子You look much younger．可判断当约翰生病时，他看起来较老。

【5】文章最好的题目是“医生的建议”。